· Taunted and teased where the intention is to embarrass and humiliate

· Set unrealistic goals and deadlines which are either unachievable or which are changed without notice or reason whenever they get near achieving them

· Denied information or knowledge necessary for undertaking work and achieving objectives

· Starved of resources in complete contrast to others

· Denied support by their manager

· Either overloaded with work (to make it harder to achieve targets) or have all their work taken away (and sometimes replaced with inappropriate menial jobs, e.g. photocopying, filing, making coffee, etc.)

· Have their responsibility increased but their authority removed

· Have their work plagiarised, stolen and copied to be presented by the bully as their own

· Are given the silent treatment (the bully refuses to communicate except via email, memos, or a succession of post-it notes)

· When on leave, are harassed by calls at home or on holiday, often at unsocial hours

· Receive unpleasant or threatening calls or are harassed with intimidating memos, notes or emails with no verbal communication, immediately prior to weekends and holidays

· Do not have a clear job description or have one that is exceedingly long or vague

· Are invited to “informal” meetings which turn out to be disciplinary hearings

· Are denied representation at meetings, often under threat of further disciplinary action; sometimes the bully abuses their position of power to exclude any representative who is competent to deal with bullying

· Encouraged to feel guilty and to believe they’re always the one at fault